Why has religion survived?

Moloth · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 11:47 am Post subject:

Alkaseltzers tablets will take care of those seagulls...
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xena · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:34 pm Post subject:

funny you should mention those, have an imlaw who worked in one of those factories and brought home some non saleable ones (shit I've been drinking , do you think my vocab could get any worse?)
antways, they were good for hangovers and...well...don't know what else was in them bit they were rejects. Perhaps I'm braindamaged.

aitm · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:35 pm Post subject:

xena, perhaps you are and I are on the same page but different paragraphs. I did not say we are the most knowledgeable people who have ever lived (though in general, on average ,by far, we are). I am saying I am impressed at how much more intelligent the posters are in here and they tend to be much younger than I am. I think education for the masses since the late 1800's has been the reason for the rise in atheism. Knowledge breeds skeptism, which in turns breeds heresies, this history has shown leads to the easing of certain dogmas which as well tends to lead to further skeptism.
I do not share your opinion than mankind is retarded or going to be so, or that civilizations have been cyclic.
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xena · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject:

yeah where did birdbrain arise from cos there are some very intelligent birds and really stupid people.

xena · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject:

oh, and that avatar is for moloth-I'm not gay though i have tried and enjoyed ...wah ahaaaa

Moloth · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject:

xena · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 1:57 am Post subject:

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Religion has survived for a number of reasons, among those being ignorance. the most prevalent reason is that to a large majority of theists is it's installed into them since the moment of their birth. And I agree, education was the reason for me dis-believing in religion.
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